Connecticut western news., 1887-01-19
-Would-be travellers on the Rhine- beck division of the H. & c. w.. rail- road sing:


 road sing:
 Wait till the clouds roll by,
 Wait, snow drifts are twenty feet high.
 pr S. R. W-llrs of Waterloo, N. r.. for mai.y years partner of the late w. B. Branch, called on Mrs Jane w., Branch last week.
 - Notwithstanding the indictment weather fair sized audience attended Mrs Dr H. NJ. San CTS lecture at Village Improvement hall last Friday evening The lecture was quite lengthy. requiring one and one-half hours for delivery, but was very interesting and clearly de- monstrated the value of Mrs Sanders method of treating diseases. She men, toned & number of marvellous cures which shc had accomplished.
 w B. Hall & Co.,, the well-known 1ry goods and cloak dealers oi Western Connecticut, instituted nine years ago in January what is known as Red Ticket Sales" It Is a custom of the firm never to carry @ piecs of goods, shawl or cloak from one season t" another. consequently such prices ar placed upon these tickets as shall secure. the end. No sacrifice Is too great to close out and there Is no appeal from rhe red tickets. See their advertise ment in another column.
 The gentlemen who have been here the past summer, experimenting with the granulation of milk, organized a joint stock company in New York on Saturday. January Sth. They have per fected thelr product, and will com mence it's manufacture as soon as the preliminary arrangements can be com pleted. This new enterprise will be of great advantage to Canaan and the sur rounding community, and milk pro- hncers will have a steady and reliable market near home. The company will be known as the '.Ellin Granulated Milk Co.," Capital stock S2O0, 900. All trains on the Rhinebeck division of the H. & O.. w. road have beer, llockaded by snow near Boston Corners since last Friday morning. The first train through from Rhinebeck since last Thursday arrived at Canaan Tuesday afternoon. The snow drifts were about a mile long and from twelve to fifteen feet deep. Trains on the main line be- tween Hartford and Millerton ran about on time. however. The Housatonic company have managed to get their passenger trains through without much delay, but the freight trains have been seriously delayed.
 The old residents of this village will remember Charles F. Couch, who was Ii clerk in Humphreys drug store in the year 1860. He afterwards became 8 physician and located in Gaylordsville. He died very suddenly last Thursday, aged 46 years. His funeral was attend ed on Saturday at o'clock from his late residence. We clip the following iron, Gaylordsville correspondence in New Milford Gazette of January 14th. ''Dr Couch died Thursday morning of pneu- menia after only about days sickness. He was out of doors as usual on Tues day. He leaves widow and two child ren."
 Rev Dr Pentecost and Ira D. San- key, the renowned singer of gospel hymns, commenced a series of meetings Ut the Rink, in WInsted, on Monday of this week. The meetings will continu, ten days and are held under the auspices of the several churches in Winsted. To accommodate those living at distance, the afternoon services will commence al 2:30 o'clock. Trains run so that thos. who come by them can return after the services, leaving Winsted as follows Going east at 3:46; south at 4:3O and west at 5:30. This will give the resi- dents along the line of the Connecticut Western and the Naugatuck roads al opportunity to hear these noted evange lists. Gospel Hymns" will be used take them with you. The regular even ing services commence at 7:3O. Pre- vious to this there will be praise ser vice by a choir of 100 voices, under the direction of R. s. Frary. It is expected there will be three services on Sunday the 23d, morning, afternoon and even ing.